The Season 2 premiere of The Punching Panda Podcast features Sebastian and his guest, Teddy Montemayor, discussing the role of comedy in MMA. From sardonic message board comments to gut-busting memes, the increasing interactions of fans around the globe and an ever-expanding sport as guaranteed no shortage of the barrage of comedic virtual happenings. But when does comedy become malicious and is no longer funny? Sebastian and Teddy explore the philosophical quandaries of the want and need to laugh while operating within the MMA paradigm. Teddy also offers his thoughts on whether jokes take away from the fights and other aspects of the business or only tend to enhance and expand the reliability of the MMA landscape, and other valuable insights into his Twitter memes, a future stand-up career, laughing at our problems, Cris Cyborg not being able to take a joke, Teddy’s Bruce Willis Unbreakable moment, and MORE!

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